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The Thrill of the Hunt

2008-01-31T13:04:10Z

86.43.80.73: /* Miscellaneous trivia */

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{{episodenav|animated|7|season=1|prev=Blast from the Past|next=Nanosec (episode)}}

'''While Autobots encounter a mysterious muscle car creating havoc in Detroit, Ratchet keeps flashing back to his "tour of duty" in the Great Autobot-Decepticon Wars.'''

==Synopsis==

While debating the ethical dilemma of an auto parts store with [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]'s old war wound tingles, making him think that trouble's ahead. Just then, the lights in the city go out, and the trio is confronted by a spiked muscle car with red headlamps. Thinking it's a human out for a joyride, the [[Autobot]]s go after the car. At a critical moment in the chase, Ratchet experiences a flashback to his days in the [[Great War]]...

''Field tech Ratchet is in the middle of a war zone with a Decepticon barrage falling down around him. Communicating with [[Supreme Commander]] [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], he says found the object of his mission, an Autobot intelligence officer named [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]. She is badly damaged and in need of immediate repair. Ratchet uses his [[EMP]] generator to deactivate her temporarily, allowing him to replace her leg, despite Arcee's concern that the EMP could wipe her [[memory core]].''

Ratchet flashes back into the present and is nearly run over by the muscle car, but is pushed out of the way by Bumblebee. The Autobots regroup at headquarters and Optimus inquires of Ratchet's well-being, but the crusty old bot doesn't want to talk. Meanwhile, the [[Television|TV]] news is broadcasting a live, high-speed chase between the police and the strange car, and Ratchet experiences another flashback.

''In the middle of the repair to Arcee, Ratchet loads her up and starts to evacuate the area, only to be caught and smacked down by a bounty hunter.''

Ratchet's thoughts are snapped back into the present as the Autobots begin the chase after the muscle car anew. Ratchet finally recognizes the muscle car as an old nemesis, [[Lockdown]]. The past haunts him again...

''Ratchet and Arcee are now prisoners of Lockdown, who explains his work as a bounty hunter and his lack of allegiance to either side in the war. He also says he has a fondness for taking weapons and parts from his quarry as trophies and upgrades. This time, he's taken Ratchet's EMP generator.''

Flash forward to the present, and Prime finally forces Lockdown to stop. The bounty hunter incapacitates Prime with the EMP weapon, and they both disappear. In his hideout, Lockdown explains to a tied-up Optimus Prime about the bounty on his head for killing [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Then he gets to work on removing Prime’s grapplers and installing them in his own body.

The Autobots scan the city for Prime, but don't have much luck until [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] finds that Lockdown's ship is sitting in the middle of the old downtown area, cloaked as an ordinary warehouse. Before they roll out, Ratchet refuses to join the rescue mission, though without explanation.

Finished with his chop job on Optimus, Lockdown converses with [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who is evidently the one who put the price on Prime's head. Lockdown requests payment first, but Blitzwing promises that he will be most satisfied with his upgrades... provided the [[Decepticon]]s are satisfied with the results. The Autobots arrive at Lockdown's ship and attack. Lockdown dispatches [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and Bumblebee without much trouble. However, Prowl is a bit harder for Lockdown to handle until the bounty hunter drops him with an EMP blast. Before he can take any more trophies, Ratchet arrives and confronts Lockdown, but the medic too falls to the EMP. When Lockdown thinks he's beaten the doc-bot, Ratchet reveals he was playing dead, being immune to the effects of his own weapon, and throws Lockdown around with his magnetic powers, knocking him unconscious. Inside Lockdown’s ship, Ratchet finds Prime and frees him, but Lockdown{{m-}}himself "playing possum" after Ratchet's attack{{m-}}stops them from leaving. Ratchet takes him out again, and when he’s pinned down, Ratchet forcibly removes the parts Lockdown stole from Prime. The act brings on another flashback.

''In order to avoid interrogation from Megatron, Arcee asks Ratchet to use his EMP generator on her to wipe her memory core, which contains critical access codes for the Autobots. When Ratchet and Lockdown struggle for the device, it overloads and goes off. Ratchet and Arcee leave Lockdown's ship just before some part of it detonates, but when Ratchet inquires of her condition, Arcee doesn't know who she is or where they are, a result of the EMP blast.''

In the present, Ratchet takes the EMP weapon back and zaps Lockdown's ship. He escapes with Optimus as the ship crashes into a river.

Back at headquarters, Ratchet repairs Prime’s grapplers and then finally opens up to Optimus about his war experiences.

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Andrew Robinson]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Ben Jones]] and [[Shunji Oga]]
*'''Original airdate:''' January 19, 2008

===Featured characters===
Numbers indicate order of appearance.
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (5)
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (7)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (8)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Lockdown]] (4)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (9)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (10)

|}

==Quotes==
'''Ratchet:''' "Augh, it's primitive. It's barbaric. There ought to be a law against it!"<br>
'''Optimus:''' "It's just an auto supply store, Ratchet."<br>
'''Ratchet:''' "You mean they actually sell spare parts on the open market? What kind of malfunction would be crass enough to buy this stuff?"<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "Hey, guys, check out my new horn!"
:—Evidently, Bumblebee is crass enough.

"Ooh, I want to see [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|him]] turn into a fire truck! Can I? Can I? Huh? Huh? Can I?"
:—Crazy '''Blitzwing''', happy as a protoform in a supply shop

"I'm not good with names and faces, but I never forget a trophy."
:—'''Lockdown''', best buddy of Kraven and Predator.

"I'm impressed. It's been eons since the last time someone got the drop on me."<br>
"Next time will be much sooner!"
:—'''Lockdown''' and '''Prowl''' talk tough.

"Now, that was just sad. HAHAHAHA."
:—'''Lockdown''', after supposedly taking out '''Ratchet''' with one shot

"Humans call it 'playing possum'. Don't ask me what a possum is."
:—'''Ratchet''', after deceiving '''Lockdown'''. But was he playing [[Enter the Nightbird|roboto-possum]]?

"Time was I'd use my EMP generator to do this painlessly. Too bad I don't have it anymore"
:—'''Ratchet''', right before ripping Prime's grapplers out of Lockdown's arm, forgetting children are watching.

==Other notes==

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
* Bumblebee's new horn plays the traditional melody of the phrase "Ro-bots in Dis-guise"!
* Lockdown's symbol on his chest resembles a [[rubsign]], such as those in the [[Generation_1_(toyline)|G1]] toyline.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* This is the first episode of ''Animated'' in which [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] and [[Isaac Sumdac]] do not appear.
* This episode reveals how Ratchet's right horn got broken and why his left arm has a missing piece. Both were caused by Lockdown.
* [[Susan Blu]] reprises her role of Arcee from the Generation One series.
* This is the first episode in which we see ''Animated'' Cybertron, albeit in a flashback.
* The TV anchorman seen in this episode appears to be an ''Animated'' version of [[wikipedia:Ron Burgundy|Ron Burgundy]]. Stay classy, Cybertron.
* An over-sized human skull can be seen in Lockdown's trophy collection. This is possibly a reference to the ''[[Wikipedia:Predator (film series)|Predator]]'' film series, in which another alien hunter keeps body parts (particularly skulls) as trophies of its kills. (Or it might just be a common trait of hunters in general.)
*This episode seems to refute [[fandom|fans]] who had worried the series would be too kid-oriented, as it features a heavy atmosphere, post-traumatic shock, guilt, suggested torture, and quite obvious pain being inflicted by a good guy on a villian, pretty much for no other reason but revenge.
*Although Ratchet regains his EMP generator, in the final scene, you can still see his old war wound, implying he either cannot or will not repair it, possibly to remind him never to forget.
*As Prime and Ratchet talk at the end, you hear the saddest rendition of "More Than Meets The Eye" ever.

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Nanosec (episode)

2008-01-31T13:02:39Z

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{{disambig2|an episode of Transformers Animated|the supervillain the episode is named for|Nanosec}}

{{episodenav|animated|8|http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Transformers_Animated_episodes|prev=The Thrill of the Hunt|next=Along Came a Spider}}

'''Bumblebee's self-proclaimed title as "fastest thing on wheels" is threatened by Nanosec, a super speedster crook on a deadly mission that could destroy all of Detroit.'''

==Synopsis==
During a nighttime fireworks display, a small-time thief named Nino Sexton takes advantage of the distraction to pull a heist not far from Detroit's boardwalks. He eludes the easily bamboozled police drones, but makes the mistake of trying to steal the not-so-easily-bamboozled Bumblebee for a getaway car. Bumblebee toys with the crook for a bit, showing off his speed, but Bulkhead arrives and tells him to knock it off. As they argue, Sexton tries to leave, but Bulkhead stops him with his wrecking ball—which cracks apart the boardwalk, sending all three plunging down. The two 'bots hit the water while Sexton hangs on desperately to a shattered board. He is saved in the nick of time by Optimus Prime, who turns him in to the police.

Meanwhile, in Sumdac's private lab, his attempt to construct a servo for Megatron fails, as Megatron knew it would. The Decepticon says that [[Destronium]] is necessary to build parts of sufficient quality, but Sumdac responds that the only available Destronium is a small amount synthesized on Earth.

The next day, Prime reprimands Bulkhead and Bumblebee, then says that Bumblebee will spend the day working with Prowl and Bulkhead on using his head instead of his thrusters. This upsets Sari, who has been looking forward to sharing with 'Bee one of her dad's latest prototypes: a set of turbo boosters. Bumblebee's all too eager to get them attached, but Ratchet absolutely nixes the idea. Sari protests that her dad's equipment is perfectly safe.

Across town, a technician reports to Professor Sumdac that there are problems with the new turbo-blade cyber suit as the test subject hurtles helplessly around the test track. Sumdac resignedly asks for the design specs so he can work out the bugs. Once the suit is perfected, it will increase human speed and reaction time a thousandfold. Megatron insists that the Destronium take priority, but Sumdac notes that the available sample is too unstable; transporting it from across town would leave it useless—or worse, highly explosive—unless it could be delivered in under ten minutes. He notes that nothing is that fast, but Megatron eyes the display of the plans for the cyber suit.

Shortly, Nino Sexton is informed that someone has posted his bail, though the police drone has no info on who it was. Bemused, he walks outside, where a delivery drone hands him a package "from a friend." Nino opens it to find the cyber suit.

In traffic, Bumblebee refuses to slow down and blend in. He points out that a riderless motorcycle hardly blends in either, so Prowl generates a holographic driver, but Bumblebee still refuses to cooperate—until a traffic jam forces him to do so. When a group of police vehicles speed by, Bumblebee takes the excuse to put on his own police roof light and do some "blending".

The police turn out to be responding to a sudden rash of thefts by a hyper-fast Nino Sexton. Just after one theft, a teller comments in shock that the money vanished in a nanosec. Nino overhears and decides he likes the name. He then proceeds to elude the police easily, then encounters Bumblebee. This time, Nanosec gets away, and Bumblebee can only marvel at his speed. However, for all his speed, Nanosec finds his big bags of loot rather heavy, and he pauses to catch his breath—only to be confronted by Prowl. The crook soon escapes, but Bumblebee's had time to catch up. He's still not fast enough to overtake Nanosec before the speedster zooms through a railroad crossing with a train closing in fast. Losing his nerve at the last second, Bumblebee slams on the brakes but gets stuck on the tracks. Bulkhead manages to grab the train in time to save 'Bee from getting crushed and holds it long enough that his buddy can get out of the way.

As Nanosec rejoices in his escape, he is contacted by Megatron, who is using a strobing signal that can only be detected at ultra-high speeds. Megatron offers Nanosec a substantial reward—$50 million—for delivering the Destronium. As a downpayment, he provides an ATM code that delivers a large amount of cash out of Isaac Sumdac's private bank account.

At the Autobots' base, Bumblebee continues to try to beat his speed record, but to no avail. As he begs Ratchet to give him the turbo booster upgrade, Nanosec heists the Destronium from Sumdac Labs. Prime arrives to announce Nanosec's latest activity and location, and commands everyone to roll out to capture the villain. A dejected Bumblebee thinks it's impossible, but Sari holds up her All Spark key and says there might be a way.

As Nanosec races into town, Prime stops him with a spread of negative-friction lubricant, but once he lassos the criminal out of the puddle, Nanosec's speed allows him to turn Prime's grappling lines against him. Prime calls for back-up, so Sari activates Bumblebee's newly installed boosters with her key. Prime finally manages to catch Nanosec by his legs, but Bumblebee rockets into him, out of control, allowing the villain to escape. 'Bee and Sari nearly zoom off the edge of a half-built bridge, but Prime's line catches them. Even so, it's a struggle for the Autobot leader to hold them, so 'Bee throws it in reverse. This gets him away from the drop, but otherwise doesn't help much.

Down the road, Ratchet uses his magnets to catch Nanosec, then checks the container he was carrying. He quickly realizes the danger involved—if the Destronium detonates in its current state, it could wipe out half of Detroit. Then Bulkhead notices Nanosec, whose hood has come off, now has grey hair when he used to be a redhead. Just then, Bumblebee rockets by, still out of control and now in reverse, again knocking Nanosec free to resume his delivery. Ratchet suggests Bee switch to robot mode, which is a MUCH bigger help. Prime catches up and orders Ratchet to disable the boosters, but there's no time; Nanosec has to be caught and stopped NOW. Prime tells everyone to roll out—without any vehicle mode modifications, thank you. As they proceed, Bulkhead wonders if the Destronium turned Nanosec's hair white, but Prowl responds that loss of hair color in organics is a sign of aging. Realizing what's going on, Bumblebee activates his boosters (which are apparently under control now) and races after Nanosec, using his head AND his thrusters. Once he catches up to the slowing speedster, 'Bee easily zaps the Destronium out of his grasp and rolls off with it. He then taunts the criminal into pursuing him at top speed until Nanosec becomes literally too old for this stuff and collapses.

By this time, the Destronium is very near its flash point, and according to Ratchet, the only safe place to take it is the upper atmosphere. With a two-stage boost assist from Bulkhead and Prowl, Bumblebee manages to use his thrusters to take the Destronium high enough and chuck it away before it explodes. Ratchet and Prime then slow him down and cool him off during his reentry. As the media cover Nanosec's arrest and the averted disaster, Prime congratulates everyone on a job well done, and Prowl even offers to race Bumblebee back to the plant, but 'Bee says he and Sari will walk.

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marty Isenberg]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Matt Youngberg]] & [[Shunji Oga]]
*'''Original airdate:''' January 26, 2008

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (8)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (9)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (6)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Nanosec]] (1)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (5)
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (7)
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (10)
|}

==Quotes==
"I'm kinda new to this planet, but I believe you're supposed to pay for those things before you run off with them."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' holding Nanosec after he robs the warehouse

"Couldn't I just ask your Autobot friends to help?"<br>
"NO! I...do not wish them to see me in this weakened state."
:—'''Megatron''' tells '''Isaac Sumdac''' the absolute truth, for once.

'''Bumblebee:''' "Turbo boosters! Suh-weet!"<br>
'''Optimus:''' "You're not actually thinking of hooking these things up to yourself, are you?"<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "Oh, of course not! I was gonna ask the doc-bot to do it for me."<br>
'''Ratchet:''' "Have you got your processor up your exhaust port? These things are untested, incompatible—"<br>
'''Sari:''' "And totally wicked fast!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' gets a few mixed signals.

"I ain't nobody's errand boy...uuunless the price is right!"
:—'''Nanosec'''

'''Prowl:''' "The point of this exercise is to blend into your environment."<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "Oh, right! 'Cause nothing says 'blend' like a motorcycle driving itself."<br>
''Prowl generates a hologram of a policeman driver for himself''<br>
'''Prowl:''' "Happy?"
:—Houston, we have [[Mustache Man]] sign.

"Word of advice: Super speed doesn't equal super strength."
:—'''Prowl''' tells it like it is.

"You know, there might be another way to get that turbo booster upgrade."<br>
"But, Prime's orders—"<br>
"Were to catch Nanosec. He didn't say HOW."
:—'''Sari''' plays the little devil on '''Bumblebee'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s shoulder.

'''Bumblebee:''' "You ROCK!"<br>
'''Sari:''' "No, YOU rock!"<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "No, YOU rock!"<br>
'''Sari:''' "No, YOU rock!"<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "I said YOU rock!"<br>
'''Sari:''' "I said YOU rock!"<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "YOU rock!"<br>
'''Sari:''' "YOU rock!"
:—Mercifully, the exchange ends here.

"Transform and roll out! ''(to Bumblebee)'' In your ORIGINAL vehicle mode!"
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"How do you suppose this Nanosec fellow got hold of my experimental turbo suit?"<br>
"I suspect it was an inside job."
:—Delightfully layered-meaning dialog between '''Prof. Sumdac''' and '''Megatron'''

"Race you back to the plant?"<br>
"If it's all the same to you, I think we'll walk."
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Bumblebee'''

==Other notes==

===Continuity errors===
* Prof. Sumdac seems woefully dim about his own creation, stating that nothing could be fast enough to bring the Destronium across town in time, '''right after''' talking about the turbo suit. However, as the suit has just been shown to have problems, perhaps Sumdac is instead exercising some sensible caution by not even considering using it.

* Ironically, judging from the position of the train at the time Bumblebee stopped on the tracks, he ''would'' have made it if he'd kept going.

* It's an odd ATM that accepts credit card code without swiping or inserting the card itself.

* Comparing Megatron's directions to a map of the Detroit-Monroe area, he seems to recommend taking a primarily north-south route, which seems to be the shortest distance. However, Prime says Nanosec's taking I-94, the east-west highway, which would require a substantially longer route. Even given his super speed, why would Nanosec make it harder on himself to make the 10-minute deadline? (It's possible maps.megatron.com's route doesn't use highways, meaning more traffic lights, but the map's semi-fictionalized, so it's hard to tell.)

* Apparently, news spreads as fast as Nanosec can run. No one seems to be around to hear him say he likes the name after he hears the teller use the word, yet within a few hours, Prime and Sari somehow know his name as well. Maybe he quickly put up some P.R.?

* Sumdac claims that the Destronium has to be delivered quickly, or it will become too unstable. Yet Ratchet says moving the substance at high speed is what makes it volatile. So it was a lose-lose situation from the beginning. Perhaps Megatron needs to run a few more self-diagnostics before he starts his galactic conquest gig again...

===Animation errors===
*As Bumblebee is about to go over the closed bridge, just before he goes into reverse, Sari's All Spark key is stuck in his ignition...and also depicted hanging from its lanyard around her neck.

===Transformers references===
* Bumblebee uses the term "Big Bot", which was also [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor's]] affectionate name for [[Optimus Primal]] in ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.

* Megatron is made up of [[Destronium]] circuits. The Decepticons are called [[Destron]]s in Japan. Or maybe they got it from a certain Scottish arms dealer...

* Bumblebee's battle mask bears a striking similarity to the toy-face of the original [[Generation 1]] [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] toy.

* Sumdac's new police drones, first seen (sort of) in [[Total Meltdown]], have been adopted by the Detroit police department...they still need to work out some bugs.

* Prowl can project a hologram of a police officer riding him...and the hologram has a [[Moustache Man|mustache]].

===Real-world references===
* Going by the semi-fictional map Megatron provides, Sumdac Tower appears to be near the interchange of I-96 and State Highway 39, while the lab with the Destronium is somewhere near the suburb of Berlin, just east of I-75. For comparison, the robot plant shown in "[[Transform and Roll Out!]]" is on the lakeshore in Monroe, about six miles further southwest.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* This is the first time Bumblebee uses his battle mask.
* This is also the first time we see Bumblebee's rocket boosters. He loses them during atmospheric reentry, but it's possible he'll get them back.
* In this episode, Bumblebee tries to be responsible, while Sari is the one who opts for breaking the rules. Wow. That's a role reversal from [[Unicron Trilogy|previous fictions]].
* Isaac Sumdac is still using Megatron's hand as a chair. For a fleshling, he's got brass.
* Bumblebee ran Nanosec, already slowed enough to make them equal, into old age on purpose for no apparent reason. That is COLD.

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Talk:Megatron (Animated)

2008-01-01T16:31:45Z

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Uh, watching the 3-minute preview, It looks like at the end, Megs loses his arm in the explosion, so prowl didn't yank it. Can anyone confirm this?

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What's the source for Animated Megatron having Movie Megatron's head? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 21:09, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
:His artwork on the little flyer they handed out at SDCC, as well as his toy. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 22:08, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
::Aaaaaand now the trailer... <3<3<3 [[User:Detour|Detour]] 23:24, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Anyone notice the top view Seibertron had of his toy prototype jet mode seems to bear a more than passing resemblance to the starship Serenity from Firefly?
:Lots of people, but I don't really see it, myself. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:00, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey just to confirm, is the toy prototype his earth or cybertronian form. I'm fairly certain it's his cybertronian one, because it mathces what we saw in the trailer, head design, shoulder spike.

== Toy proto? ==

I don't know if we do unpainted test shots as part of this wiki. Not really kosher as the test shots getting out isn't exactly legal...--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 21:01, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
: We do not. That particular image has been deleted so many times. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:08, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
OK, sorry. How about the officialy showed unpainted version, that were on Comic-Con?--[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 18:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
:Personally I'd say toy protos of all stripes are not really well-suited to this wiki. Hand-painted versions such as those shown at Comic Con are fair game because in most cases we have clear photos of them and they are fairly close to what their final decos will be. However grays or test shots just aren't indicative of anything but sculpt.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 18:52, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
:Well, yeah... but we can remove them in the sec the final pictures came out, and iuntil that we can live big notes that the toys are just prototypes. OR leave a long description of the toys until pics came out. I did that once for Lockdown, but someboddy deleted it all...--[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 19:59, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
::Officially-released photos of prototypes are allowed until we have better photos. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

== Hurry up already. ==

Hurry up putting new information on this f*** already! Are you going to make me do your work?
:You sound familiar. Have we met before? Anyway, we don't HAVE any information right now, the show isn't out, the toys aren't out, what do you want us to put??? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 06:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

His fucking vehicle mode! No we never met before. I'm his 5 Star superior general. That guy you thought of was 4 Stars.

Where is his vehicle mode picture?
:Neither the toy nor the animated series are out yet. Pictures are relatively scarce, and generally not good enough to include on this wiki as they are unpainted prototypes and test shots.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 00:47, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
:Or, they're botleg images we cannot use. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 00:48, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
::If you wan't rumors, they say he became a Terminator-like VTOL jet in Earth mode. -[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 16:10, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

== Profile update ==

I don't know where you're getting this information, but it looks like you've cooked a good deal of it up on your own. What's more it's quite ''wrong'' in spots, because in this continuity Optimus Prime is ''not'' the leader of the Autobots, he's a washout from the Autobot Academy just assigned to his first command of a ''mining operation''. He probably will ''become'' a great leader, but he's nobody now. Well, nobody but an obstacle between Megatron and the Allspark.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 02:46, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

==Earth mode==

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Grimlock (Animated)

2007-12-13T19:50:46Z

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{{disambig3|Grimlock}}

:''Grimlock is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

{{coming soon}}

[[Image:DinobotsAnimated.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Me Grimlock will eat friend or foe, yessss!"]]

'''Grimlock''' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in charge of a small three mech group of dinosaur transformers known as the Dinobots. Him Grimlock king, yesssss.

==Fiction==

===''Transformers Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor: [[David Kaye]] (US), ? (Japan)''

Grimlock and the Dinos were originally anamatronic displays in a theme park that Sari's Dad upgraded. They came to life and decided they liked bashing transformers, rather then greeting cheering kiddies.

Then, they get blamed for Sari going missing. no justice I tell ya.

Later in the series, Grimlock and Prime have to team up. There's no way thiss will be an excuse for back and forth arguments sprinkled with banter.

==Toy==
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2008)
Kicking Unicron-sized butt be reality! He Grimlock got lower jaw strong enough to crack open a sea turtle and a BIG FREAKIN' SWORD. Decepticons, you been warned. He Grimlock transformation similar to G1 incarnations, with legs form arms, hind quarters form legs.
{{comingsoontoy}}

{{charstub}}

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Dinobot (disambiguation)

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The name '''Dinobot''' has been applied to several Transformers characters and groups.

*The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], an [[Autobot]] sub-group led by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in [[Generation 1]].

*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] the [[Maximal]] velociraptor from ''[[Beast Wars]]''.

*[[Clone One]], the Dinobot Clone, who is the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] beast mode clone of the Maximal Dinobot from ''Beast Wars''.

*[[Dinobot II]] the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Transmetal 2]] clone of the Maximal Dinobot from ''Beast Wars''.

*The [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]] [[Maximal]] sub-group led by [[T-Wrecks]] from ''[[Beast Machines]]''.

*The [[Dinobots (toyline)|Dinobots]] Wal*Mart [[exclusive]] series toys.

*The [[Mini-Con]] [[Dinobots (Mini-Cons)|Dinobots]] team from ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]''.

*The [[Dinobots (Animated)|Dinobots]], a trio of animatronic attractions that are turned into Autobots by Professor Sumdac from ''[[Transformers Animated]]''

"Dinobot" is also the Japanese name for [[Cruellock]].

Dinobot should not be confused with...

*[[Dinoking]] the combined form of the [[Decepticon]] [[Dinoforce]] from the ''[[Victory (franchise)|Victory]]'' portion of Generation 1.

*[[Dinotron]] the Dinobot pachycephalosaur from ''Beast Machines''.

*[[Mega-Dinobot]] the combined form of the Autobots [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] and [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]] from ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''.

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Transformers Animated (cartoon)

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[[Image:TransformersAnimatedPoster.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"When there's trouble you know who to call..."]]

'''''Transformers Animated''''' is a cartoon series set to debut in early 2008, in support of the [[franchise]] of [[Transformers Animated|the same name]].

The cartoon is produced by [[Cartoon Network]], scripted in the United States, with character and background designs by the crews behind shows like ''[[wikipedia:Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Ben 10|Ben 10]]'', while animation is being provided by Japanese studios [[Mook]], [[The Answer Studio]]{{fact}} (the Japanese studio who animated ''[[wikipedia:Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!|Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!]]''), and [[Studio 4C]] {{fact}}.

''Animated'' is notable for the fact it sees several G1 voice actors reprise their old roles ([[Susan Blu]], [[Corey Burton]], [[John Moschitta]], etc.), and for the fact this is the first Transformers show featuring [[David Kaye]] where he won't be voicing [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. (They made it up to him by having him voice almost everyone else.)

==Series details==
[[Image:Ani_crew.JPG|left|thumb|200px|"Mr. Bulkhead, engage!"]]
The series will eschew the ever-continuing space opera storylines of the past few anime to return to the episodic approach of ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''; each episode will be a standalone story, but with an overall story arc that stretches through the whole season. The focus is being put firmly on characterization, dynamic action, and humor.

The episodes will center not only on the war between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s, but also on the Autobots' interactions with many of [[Detroit]]'s [[human]] supervillain denizens, including a [[Angry Archer|maladjusted marksman]], a [[Meltdown (Animated)|guy who can spit acid]], and a guy who [[Prometheus|looks good in a pimp suit]]. The idea is to present the Decepticons as more of an ongoing background threat instead of having them be repeatedly defeated each episode and look like bumbling fools. Rather, the arrival of a Decepticon in battle is supposed to be a big deal, requiring multiple Autobots working together to stop even a single one. The human villains will give the Autobots "everyday" threats--and no doubt their schemes will turn out to be the result of Decepticon treachery. Note that [[Doctor Arkeville|human]] [[Lord Chumley|adversaries]] [[Circuit Breaker|are]] [[Cobra Commander|not]] [[Abdul Fakkadi|new]] [[Lazarus|in]] ''Transformers'' continuity. However, humans as [[Hydra and Buster|major]] [[Overlord|threats]] is very uncommon.

Season 2 is already in the works, and seasons 3 and 4 are quite possible.

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==Cast==
===Autobots===
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] ([[David Kaye]])
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] ([[Bumper Robinson]])
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] ([[Corey Burton]])
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] ([[Bill Fagerbakke]])
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] ([[Jeff Bennett]])
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] ([[Jeff Bennett]])
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] ([[Phil LaMarr]])
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] ([[Susan Blu]])
*[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] ([[John Moschitta]])
*[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] ([["Weird Al" Yankovic]])
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] ([[David Kaye]])
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]]
*[[Slag (Animated)|Slag]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] ([[Townsend Coleman]])

===Decepticons===
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] ([[Corey Burton]])
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] ([[Tom Kenny]])
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] ([[Cree Summer]])
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] ([[Bumper Robinson]])
*[[Lugnut]] ([[David Kaye]])
*[[Lockdown]] ([[Lance Henriksen]])
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] ([[Corey Burton]])
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] ([[Jeff Bennett]])
*[[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Constructicons (Animated)]]

===Humans===
*[[Sari Sumdac]] ([[Tara Strong]])
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] ([[Tom Kenny]])
*[[Angry Archer]] ([[Jeff Bennett]])
*[[Captain Fanzone]] ([[Jeff Bennett]])
*[[Nanosec]] ([[Brian Posehn]])
*[[Prometheus Black]] ([[Peter Stormare]])
*[[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]]
*[[The Headmaster]] ([[Alexander Polinsky]])

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==Episodes==
{{see|List of Transformers Animated episodes}}

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Constructicon (Animated)

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{{coming soon}}

They probably build stuff and are not that nice
==Fiction==

when the bots are out, the Constructicons come to play with Sari

[[Category: Animated characters]]
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Grimlock (Animated)

2007-12-13T19:35:54Z

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{{disambig3|Grimlock}}

:''Grimlock is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

{{coming soon}}

[[Image:DinobotsAnimated.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Me Grimlock will eat friend or foe, yessss!"]]

'''Grimlock''' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in charge of a small three mech group of dinosaur transformers. Him Grimlock king, yesssss.

==Fiction==

===''Transformers Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor: [[David Kaye]] (US), ? (Japan)''

Grimlock and the Dinos were originally anamatronic displays in a theme park that Sari's Dad upgraded. They came to life and decided they liked bashing transformers, rather then greeting cheering kiddies.

Later in the series, Grimlock and Prime have to team up. There's no way thiss will be an excuse for back and forth arguments sprinkled with banter.

==Toy==
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2008)
Kicking Unicron-sized butt be reality! He Grimlock got lower jaw strong enough to crack open a sea turtle and a BIG FREAKIN' SWORD. Decepticons, you been warned. He Grimlock transformation similar to G1 incarnations, with legs form arms, hind quarters form legs.
{{comingsoontoy}}

{{charstub}}

[[Category: Autobots]]
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Grimlock (Animated)

2007-12-13T19:34:21Z

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{{disambig3|Grimlock}}

:''Grimlock is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

{{coming soon}}

[[Image:DinobotsAnimated.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Me Grimlock will eat friend or foe, yessss!"]]

'''Grimlock''' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in charge of a small three mech group of dinosaur transformers. Him Grimlock king, yesssss.

==Fiction==

===''Transformers Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor: [[David Kaye]] (US), ? (Japan)''

Grimlock and the Dinos were originally anamatronic displays in a theme park that Sari's Dad upgraded. They came to life and decided they liked bashing transformers, rather then greeting cheering kiddies.

==Toy==
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2008)
Kicking Unicron-sized butt be reality! He Grimlock got lower jaw strong enough to crack open a sea turtle and a BIG FREAKIN' SWORD. Decepticons, you been warned. He Grimlock transformation similar to G1 incarnations, with legs form arms, hind quarters form legs.
{{comingsoontoy}}

{{charstub}}

[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Animated characters]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>